What was this 1 item? Just a pair of black pantyhose I picked up in a rush on my way to work after discovering that my last pair had a giant hole in it. Made in Canada.

Though this Made in Canada stamp does make me feel better about the people behind the product, I started thinking about how often pantyhose rip and get thrown out, and what happens to them as they sit in a landfill somewhere. They’re made primarily of nylon, which takes 30 to 40 years to decompose and is not biodegradable. To quote Kate Black in her book Magnifeco: